Chandler Act

Chandler Act
An amendatory act approved by the President on June 22, 1938 and effective September 22, 1938, intended to modernize the law of bankruptcy, especially by adding provisions whereby debtors might be rehabilitated in their fortunes without the necessity of a complete liquidation of their assets. 9 Am J2d Bankr § 2.

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